Usha di You must be right. My information Noniya as Assamese name is based on CSIR publication, Useful Plants of India.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Ushadi micromini <[email protected] > wrote: > DEAR Dineshji and Gurucharan ji: > Nooniya is not name we recognize in urban west bengal, namely mostly > West Bengal and its vicinity... > all saag sellers are village women who come to Calcutta markets with > their haul of yesterday from their village tanks, riverbanks, > forests.... > > 1: They and our non-english reading and speaking Bengali folks... > call it LOONE saak লুনে শাক... > so I wanted to be sure before I responded.... > Supporting Reference for this is in a booklet called: " Banglar > Saak" dated March 2003 published by The DEVELOPMENT Research > Communication and Services Center, 18 b Gariahat Road, Dhakuria, > Kolkata 700031. > ( I would like to send the pic of the cover and the page with this > saak of the book but there is no option here to include an > attachment, or I have just not found it, not smart enough I guess) !!! > > > 2: Santhal tribals in Bengal call it Golgol-sag.. Reference: TRIBAL > MEDICINE by Dr. DC Pal and SK Jain...page 216. > published 1997 Kolkata.by Naya Prokas Kolkata ISN 81-85421-307.. > > 3: My servants recognize it, eat it and buy it sometimes...from our > local market... There is one growing in my balcony at the base of my > potted Adenium obesum....that single loone saag has also developed > the telltale yellow tiny flowers... > > I would recognize portulaca any way... it was a common weed in upstate > NY countryside and on many a weekends I have gone on hikes with my > herbal medicine teachers, we would pick Portulaca among many things > from the pristine woods, and eat them in our salad for lunch or add in > the sandwiches... nowadays green grocers carry it all over NYC.... > > sorry to respond so late... but it took a while to dig out skinny > botany books in Bengali script.. > > Thanks > Usha di > > > > > > On May 22, 6:26 pm, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > > Many thanks Gurcharan ji. > > Have set incremental goal ... first compiling names for the native flora > > that is found in my collection (Western Ghats in my vicinity) ... next, > eFI > > & FOI ... can go at it with the only option ... slowly and steadily !!! > > > > Regards. > > Dinesh > > > > On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 6:37 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > That is really great Dinesh ji > > > > > -- > > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > > > Retired Associate Professor > > > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > > > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > > > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > > >http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > > On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 5:10 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > >> via Species< > https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species> > > >> > P <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species/p> > > > > >> > > >> *Portulaca oleracea* L. > > >> [image: Portulaca oleracea]< > http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/5675674737/> > > > > >> [image: Flowers of India]< > http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Purslane.html>[image: > > >> Discussions at efloraofindia]< > https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#%21searchin/indiantreepix/Port.. > .>[image: > > >> more views in flickr]< > http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Portulacaoleracea&m=tags&z=m>[image: > > >> more views on Google Earth]< > http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/geo/india/&tags=Portulacaolerace...> > > > > >> *commonly known as*: purslane< > https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/p...> > > >> • *Assamese*: মালভোগ শাক malbhog xaak< > https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/assamese/...> > > >> • *Bengali*: নূনিযা সাগ nuniya saag< > https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/bengali/n...> > > >> • *Gujarati*: લૂણી luni< > https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/gujarati/...> > > >> • *Hindi*: घोल ghol< > https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/hindi/gho...> > > >> , लोनिया loniya< > https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/hindi/lon...> > > >> , नोनिया noniya< > https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/hindi/non...> > > >> • *Kannada*: ದೊಡ್ಡ ಗೋಣಿ ಸೊಪ್ಪು dodda goni soppu< > https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/d...> > > >> , ಕಿರುಗೋಣಿ ಸೊಪ್ಪು kirugoni soppu< > https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/k...> > > >> • *Kashmiri*: कुन kuna< > https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kashmiri/...> > > >> • *Konkani*: गोळ gol< > https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/konkani/g...> > > >> • *Malayalam*: കൊഴുപ്പ koluppa< > https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/malayalam...> > > >> • *Manipuri*: লৈবাক কুন্দো leibak kundo< > https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/manipuri/...> > > >> • *Marathi*: घोळ ghol< > https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/marathi/g...> > > >> • *Oriya*: lunia< > https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/oriya/lunia> > > >> • *Persian*: خرفه khurfa< > https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/persian/k...> > > >> • *Punjabi*: ਧਮਣੀ dhamni< > https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/punjabi/d...> > > >> , ਕੁਲਫਾ kulfa< > https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/punjabi/k...> > > >> , ਲੂਨਕ lunak< > https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/punjabi/l...> > > >> •*Sanskrit*: घोटक ghotaka< > https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/sanskrit/...> > > >> , लोणिका lonika< > https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/sanskrit/...> > > >> • *Tamil*: கோழிக்கீரை koli-k-kirai< > https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/tamil/kol...> > > >> , பருப்புக்கீரை paruppu-k-kirai< > https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/tamil/par...> > > >> • *Telugu*:పెద్ద పావిలికూర pedda pavilikura< > https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/telugu/pe...> > > > > >> *botanical name*: *Portulaca oleracea* L. > > > > >> Regards. > > >> Dinesh > > > > >> On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 4:04 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > >>> Many thanks Gurcharan ji for the quick response. > > >>> Could find it from online transliteration to be chanikya saag. > > > > >>> Yes, noniya OR nuniya is a popular name for *Portulaca oleracea* in > > >>> Bengal and Assam. > > > > >>> Regards. > > >>> Dinesh > > > > >>> On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > >>>> Dinesh ji > > >>>> Don't know about transliteration but from my Useful Plant of India > it is > > >>>> Noniya (perhaps first word) the second I guess should be saag > > > > >>>> Assamese name for plant is Noniya > > > > >>>> -- > > >>>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh > > >>>> Retired Associate Professor > > >>>> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > > >>>> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > > >>>> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > > >>>>http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > >>>> On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 2:38 PM, Dinesh Valke < > [email protected]>wrote: > > > > >>>>> Dear Assamiya-knowing friends, > > > > >>>>> Please let me know how does চানেকীয়া শাক gets transliterated in > > >>>>> English. > > >>>>> This is in context of *Portulaca oleracea*. > > > > >>>>> Regards. > > >>>>> Dinesh
